Arthritis Treatment:Chronic Gout.
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In the days before adequate treatment controlled the blood level of uric acid, chronic gout presented with multiple joint involvement and chronic poly-arthritis. Today this is rare and only found in patients who refuse medication, have poor compliance or unable to take suitable medication.
Here the acute gout attack will become more frequent. Then [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Types of Gout.
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Gout develops when the level of uric acid in the blood stream is higher than normal. When this happens urate crystal are deposited in and around the joints.
There are two types of gout, primary and secondary. The body eliminates uric acid from the blood naturally and most of this (66%) is done by [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Gout.
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Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis. In gout, crystals of uric acid is deposited in and around the joints. For this deposit of urate to occur, the circulating level of uric acid in the blood must be higher than normal.
Gout has been recorded through the centuries. Hippocrates wrote about it and urate [...]
Arthritis Treatment: History of Magnets & Health.
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Magnets were discovered in China and Greece. In China it was used in fortune telling and as a guide to building. By 1200 AD they were used in ships as compasses. Ever since, sailors and navigators have used compasses and the earth’s magnetic field to guide them in their journeys, whether on land [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Do magnets work in Arthritis?
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There are many arthritic patients and sufferers in pain that use magnets. Some are very certain that the magnets they are using are a great help.
There are no large controlled clinical trials to evaluate the benefits of magnets on arthritis.
Doctors in general do not think they work to relieve pain in [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Reduce Your Pain Naturally.
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If you have arthritis and you are looking to control pain without drugs, then the first thing you need to do is to reduce your weight or maintain a normal weight. If you are overweight, weight loss will be the most important thing you can do to improve the level of pain, [...]
Arthritis and Driving
Arthritis can affect your ability to drive. With Arthritis your joints can swell and become stiff. This could result in limitation on bending or other movements. It is, therefore, more difficult to apply brakes, turn the steering wheel, use the accelerator pedal, wear or clip seat belts or move your head to have a clear [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Glucosamine.
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Glucosamine is an amino acid sugar produced by the body and present in cartilage. It has been widely promoted as a treatment for osteoarthritis.
There is no conclusive evidence that this drug is effective. It is up to you to make your own mind up on it. There are individuals who swear by it [...]
Arthritis : Causes of Arthritis.
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There are certain arthritic conditions that we know a specific cause for. Gout, for example, we know is caused by a lack of an enzyme, xanthine oxidase, and as a result the level of uric acid in the blood is higher than normal. This high level results in crystals separating out and being [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Osteoarthritis.
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Osteoarthritis is the commonest disease to affect joints. It is long thought to be the result of ageing and injury but it is not an inevitable consequence of growing old.
In osteoarthritis, there is focal cartilaginous loss and resultant bony reaction in the form of growth or sclerosis. X-ray remains the simple and most [...]
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